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andyc;4439 wrote: Hi Steve
I do not have the facilities for this type of test but I have taken many outside Building shots where verticals need correcting using my CS5 software and these are good but not perfect (every radial distortion correction results in a fault elsewhere however slight it might be)…I have never used Lightroom and its…

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Stevie Rave On;4432 wrote: Hi there, I am considering Leica S strongly due to the existence of this lens. I shoot interior so distortion is very important to me as well. Is there any chance you can shoot a grid at the major focal lengths you listed below and post samples or see if you can get it to true rectlinear by the lens correction adjustment…

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Thanks and I did compare them already. The 30mm seems to be slightly better as a prime. It is S shaped and I was just wondering if it can be corrected easily. The only way is to see a real lens shooting grids at this point for an easy answer. I did contact Leica and seemed to get no answer.

Through experience my Nikon 17-35 f2.8 was so…[Read more]

Thanks so much for your insight. Yes I am more curious about getting the most out of it than saving bad exposures. I am used to bracketing and merging files with my current small format and have seen some samples of an IQ260 with 13 stops dynamic range. The photographer showed me 100% view of an interior mall storefronts where light and shadows…[Read more]

I have not had the chance to test this myself but Leica Camera offers very thorough lens data documents on their downloads page (at the bottom):

http://www.s.leica-camera.com/en/DOWNLOADS

The documents include distortion charts, among other things, and you could compare the distortion of the 30-90mm to the fixed focal length lenses too!

I find the dynamic range of the S sensor to be all that I really need, I couldn't really quantify it because I don't believe that measurement ever really means anything. I will say that I don't have any difficulty recovering highlights that are 2+ stops over exposed, but I rarely attempt to recover extremely deep shadows because that's always…[Read more]

How is the dynamic range? I am intrigued by the large dynamic range in MF but also a little scared to commit to a body and sensor that cannot be upgraded. Do you forsee benefit of more dynamic range? Have you done a 3 stop over and under test to see if you can get the detail back? Would appreciate your thoughts.

Steve

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Hi there, I am considering Leica S strongly due to the existence of this lens. I shoot interior so distortion is very important to me as well. Is there any chance you can shoot a grid at the major focal lengths you listed below and post samples or see if you can get it to true rectlinear by the lens correction adjustment slider in ACR / Lightroom?…[Read more]

Thanks for doing this Jack. Very helpful.

-Marc

Just got mine back–took less than a week from them to do the repair and they did not charge.

BTW, at least in the EU, Leica arranged a free of charge pick up by DHL. I would email the S2 customer service address which you find on their website rather than the general customer service email.

Good luck

Thank you Tiago

This third shot shows the field of view of the 35mm superimposed over the full 24mm image.
I have also moved the field of view to the corner to show that the 24 gives more than twice the area than is captured by the 35mm.

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I was doing some interior work with the 24mm and decided to compare it with my 35mm.

This first shot is the field of view with my 35mm lens, shot from the same tripod position as the second photo.

The second shot is the cropped result of using the 24mm at if it sere a shift lens.

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Dear Josh

Thank you very much for your answer. I will get in touch with Soelm to send the camera back.

Best regards
Veerachai

Because the sensor cracking issue is a known manufacturer defect, it will be a free repair for the lifetime of the camera (or at least as long as parts are available) so Leica will repair the cracked sensor free of charge even if the camera is out of warranty.

Scott997;4380 wrote:
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beautiful pictures !!!

Dear Josh

Thanks for your answer, I was wondering whether it's still under warranty as I bought S2 since Sep 2010.

Thank you.

Veerachai

rootbeer;4416 wrote: Marc, Excellent explanation that even I understood. Question: If I get the Nikon receivers can I mount a Canon 580 set to A? Can the on camera SF58 remain TTL?
Thanks a bunch!
Jim

Yes Jim, you can use any speed-light that is set to A because only the center universal contact point on the speed-light's hot shoe…[Read more]

Yes, that is a cracked sensor. The camera needs to go to Leica for repair. The good news is that the repair will be covered under warranty, and they'll do a full “clean and check” of the camera while they have it.